Benedito Ruy Barbosa dies at age 95 in SP One of the most iconic novels by playwright Benedito Ruy Barbosa, O Rei do Gado had the region of Ribeirão Preto (SP) as its main setting. The plot, from 1996 and replayed by TV Globo in 2023, took place in the interior of São Paulo and told the story of the Mezenga and the Berdinazzi, rival Italian families. Seen almost every day in the soap opera, Bruno Mezenga's home was Fazenda Contendas, which is located in the rural area of ??Taquaritinga (SP), about 85 kilometers from Ribeirão Preto. Built by the English at the beginning of the 20th century, the property has hosted President Washington Luís and governors Adhemar Pereira de Barros and Jânio Quadros. Since the 1980s, it has belonged to former mayor Sérgio Salvani and, for the recordings, only the facade was shown in the scenes. ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Despite this, the property, today for exclusively private use, not open to visitors, would not leave anything to be desired. There are 2 thousand square meters of construction, with five rooms and eight suites. Facade of a farmhouse in Taquaritinga (SP), used in the recording of 'O Rei do Gado' Archive/ Cedoc EPTV Playwright and writer Benedito Ruy Barbosa died this Tuesday (7) in the capital of São Paulo due to complications from chronic kidney failure. The information was confirmed by Hospital do Coração (HCor). His legacy includes iconic plots such as "Meu Pedacinho de Chão" (1971), "Pantanal" (1990), "O Rei do Gado" (1996) and "Terra Nostra" (1999), marked by protagonists with "good character, determination to fight, belief in positive values", as he himself determines. READ ALSO O Rei do Gado: which settings in Ribeirão Preto were used in the recording of the soap opera Benedito Ruy Barbosa dies at age 95 in SP; writer turned the countryside into the protagonist of Brazilian television drama In one of the most famous scenes from O Rei do Gado, Bruno Mezenga sits down with the driver to vent about the problems of his marriage with his wife. While they drink the famous beer, it is possible to see, in the background, Theatro Pedro II, which is part of the architectural complex known as "Quarteirão Paulista", in the city center. In the chapter, images of the boardwalk are highlighted when Mezenga walks towards the car. The chosen location, the famous Pinguim beer bar, still has its original characteristics, as do the surrounding buildings. Before the recordings, the brewery already attracted the public due to its strong relationship with the city's history and was always associated with the legend of the chopeduto - a supposed pipeline that would have once carried beer directly from the factory to the bar -, which was never confirmed. Choperia Pinguim, in the center of Ribeirão Preto (SP) Érico Andrade/g1 Ribeirão Preto bus station also served as the setting In 1996, a pair of musicians disembarked at the bus station in Ribeirão Preto (SP) and, in search of some change to stay in the city, passed around their hats and played viola tunes. One of the most emblematic places in the city in the interior of São Paulo in the global soap opera was undoubtedly the bus station on Avenida Jerônimo Gonçalves, where we stopped to listen to Almir Sater and Sérgio Reis, in the roles of Pirilampo and Saracura. The bus station is still in the same location, but, under a different administration at the time, its façade underwent changes, as did the entire Avenida Jerônimo Gonçalves region, which gained new urban transport terminals in recent years. Almir Sater and Sérgio Reis were at the Ribeirão Preto bus station in 1996 to record 'O Rei do Gado' Archive/Cedoc EPTV Rural area on the banks of the highway Agrarian reform was one of the themes covered by Benedito Ruy Barbosa's soap opera, and to portray the daily life of a camp of landless workers, the production chose as its location a rural area on the banks of the Joaquim Ferreira Highway (SP-338), between Cajuru (SP) and Altinópolis (SP). The recording with actors such as Jackson Antunes, playing the landless leader Regino, required days of work that involved around 150 professionals from the broadcaster, including the opening of a water well, in addition to 200 guest extras. Extras during the recording of 'O Rei do Gado' on a highway in the region of Ribeirão Preto, SP, in 1996 Archive/ Cedoc EPTV Senator's building A building with imposing balconies and which draws attention due to its rounded shape at the ends, in the center of Ribeirão Preto, aroused the interest of the soap opera's producers and ended up having the facade used as the residence of senator Roberto Caxias (Carlos Vereza), moving the routine of around 80 residents of the season. Delivered to its owners in the 1980s, the Monte Castelo condominium has 17 floors and is located on the corner of Bernardino de Campos and Amador Bueno streets. Each apartment, which occupies an entire floor, is around 400 square meters, with four bedrooms and three living rooms. Architecture of a building in the Center of Ribeirão Preto caught the attention of producers of the soap opera 'O Rei do Gado' in 1996 Rodolfo Tiengo/g1 See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region